Niagara Divers will host the 7th annual Christmas Tree Dive on Sunday, December 18, 2022 at the Welland Scuba Park.…
Author: Kathy Dowsett
Kathy Dowsett
Kathy is the owner of Kirk Scuba Gear, a passionate Scuba Diver, Ocean Advocate and Managing Editor of The Scuba News Canada
According to Guinness World Records, Karen van den Oever, the world’s deepest female scuba diver, has just surpassed her deep…
Saltwater Sean is once again helping to clean up the Sackville River in Nova Scotia. A lovely river day full…
You can dive a Boeing 737 jet plane that was intentionally sunk in early 2006 to create an artificial reef…
Lana Smithson, from Maine, US, visited Canada this past year and was fortunate to dive in Canada on four separate…
The SS John V. Moran, a wooden-hulled American package freighter in service between 1888 and 1899, was destroyed by the…
The northern pike is a carnivorous fish species. They are typical of Northern Hemisphere brackish and fresh waters. In the…
This video was taken during a recent wreck dive on the HMCS Saskatchewan, just outside of Nanaimo, British Columbia (Sept…
After a listener inquiry, Chris Foisey of TikTok’s “Modern Diver” discusses rubber versus braided low pressure regulator hoses. We’ll be…
Paralenz went into liquidation back in October 2022. Martin Holmberg, a Danish product designer, came up with the concept for a…
Kate Cheung recently wrote to The Scuba News Canada concerning Scott Steer (British Columbia) and his illegal fish harvesting. He…
Stuart Seldon is in his 11th or 12th year of producing his “Reefs and Wrecks” calendar, which features photos from…
From 1775 to 1899, a maritime historian investigates more than a century of adventure and tragedy on the waters off…
Garrett Clement discovers the wonders of Barkley Sound while visiting a friend on Vancouver Island’s west coast. Uncharted Odyssey wishes…
This annual event commemorates the sinking of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald on November 10, 1975, and the total loss of…
Dive Shop Grand Opening Weekend! The moment we’ve been working hard for the last few weeks and months is finally…
Jill shares her first impressions of the Hollis STS Elite Harness and Wing for single tank scuba diving. Despite the…
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS) announced the discovery of a well-preserved wreck in March 2022. The 172-foot schooner-barge Atlanta…
Ambergris is produced in the intestines of a limited number of sperm whales. Despite the fact that sperm whales are…
National Marine Conservation Areas (NMCA) are created and managed to protect and conserve representative marine areas for the benefit, education,…
“The Manicouagan Impact is to dive into the dark, the dark waters of the reservoir, the dark side of our…
The 292-foot Whaleback barge was discovered in Lake Superior exactly 100 years after it was sunk by a Lake Superior…
Jill Heinerth, Canada’s underwater explorer, has received a “lifetime achievement award” for her contributions to world knowledge and science through…
Most of us are familiar with Amelia Earhart, an American aviation pioneer and author. Amelia Earhart was the first woman…
Is a sixth great lake hidden beneath the Ottawa River? Jill Heinerth investigated the largest underwater cave system. She describes…
It’s October which means it’s time for DDS’s Annual Underwater Pumpkin Carving Dive! Join us Sunday October 30th from 4pm…
Where the vast Pacific meets the Canadian wilderness lies a mysterious island shrouded in mist and cloud and protected by…
William James Roué (April 27, 1879 – January 14, 1970) was a naval architect best known for designing the Bluenose…
Gert Wellisch (1896-1966) spent her summer vacations as a child in the Apostle Islands. Her family used to spend their…
Working at sea is inherently dangerous. Ships and workers alike must be seaworthy in order to provide a safe working…
Shaw’s Landing in West Dover, Nova Scotia is more than a great place to get beer and lobster, it turns…
More than 600 people have drowned in the Great Lakes since 2010. Jamie Racklyeft was almost one of them, and…
Patricia Lockhart, an avid diver in Nova Scotia and two of her dive buddies dove The Puddle, August 1, 2022.…
Teacup Rock, formerly located about 66 kilometres from Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island, was one of the most photographed rock…
Garrett Clement (Uncharted Odssey) has sent us yet another dive video from Vancouver Island, British Columbia. This video was taken…
Turn Up The Sound!Claire found this old record during a cleanup.Marc Winkler at the CBC North helped us with a…
The five great lakes of North America – Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario – were carved by the retreat…
On October 12th Jett Britnell will be presenting “A Night in the Depths: Sharks, Shipwrecks & Undersea Adventure” at Diving…
Devon Lynn’s friend suggested they go on an exploration dive out at Darnley Point in Prince Edward Island with the…
East Coast Scuba & Watersports is participating in Aware Week and making a difference for a cleaner ocean. “ProjectAware”. We…
“One of the most spectacular shipwrecks you’ll ever see is the shipwreck of the bulk freighter Florida off Presque Isle,…
For over 150 years, lobster fishers on Prince Edward Island have been waking up early, setting their traps, and hauling…
King Charles III (then Prince Charles) is the first British monarch to be a qualified diver. One of his many…
The Horseshoe Reef Lighthouse is a dilapidated lighthouse in Lake Erie near Buffalo, New York, at the head of the…
An island on Indian Lake, just north of Chaffey’s Lock in the Township of Rideau Lakes, (part of the Rideau…